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Saudi Arabia Weighs Higher Asia Crude Prices as Red Sea Shipping Costs Rise
Saudi Arabia may raise the price of the crude it ships to Asia via the Suez Canal, Reuters has reported, to reflect higher shipping costs…
Vietnam’s New AI Law and Its Strategic Implications
The country's government is leading Southeast Asian efforts to regulate AI technologies, but its approach has several important shortcomings.
AN EPIC OF EARTH, FIRE AND DREAMS
BEIJING, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from China Daily In ports as far as in Egypt and Kenya, discoveries of bluish-white Chinese porcelain…
Progress on share buyback programme
Progress on share buyback programme ING announced today that, as part of our €1.0 billion share buyback programme announced on 30 April 2026, in total...
America’s AI boom forces a reckoning over who pays the bill, who benefits in the end
When members of Congress head home this summer, they will find a question waiting for them on porches and in town halls from Virginia to…
The Global War for Routes and Resources: Why the American Empire is Losing
The Real Global Battle is About Routes and Resources We are told that wars are about democracy or freedom, but they’re actually about something far…
Now available for under ₹20, these everyday foods were once worth more than gold
Walk into any grocery store today with a ₹20 note, and you’ll easily pick up a packet of salt or a small pouch of black…
Crude oil falls as US, Iran halt weekend strikes
After 13 days of strikes, the US has held off on further strikes over the last two days, while Iran also paused retaliatory attacks
ASX 200 Slides on Trump Tariff Fears and Wall Street Selloff, Marking a Third Straight Weekly Decline
Australia's ASX 200 index fell due to U.S. tariff threats and strong jobs data, marking a third weekly decline. Technology and mining sectors were hit,…
Coal India’s Profit May Dip as Iran War Lifts Mining Costs
State-run miner Coal India Ltd.’s first-quarter profit likely declined marginally from a year earlier, led by costlier raw materials, such as explosives and diesel following…
ALLEGED CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: U.S. Congress’ move threatens food, health, jobs in Nigeria
“A resilient country should never have its essential public services almost entirely dependent on foreign donors. This should wake Nigeria and indeed Africa up.” The…
Pick of BL commodities -July 26, 2026
Last week, the Indian Agriculture Ministry’s data showed that the deficit in kharif sowing narrowed to 6%, though the monsoon continues to be 17% deficient…